With Canada Day coming up this Sunday, residents should be looking to finalize their long weekend plans by keeping in mind the full slate of activities set to go here.

The graduating students of Fort Frances High School had their moment in the spotlight Thursday evening as they donned their caps and gowns to receive their diplomas.

Every dollar counts in the fight against cancer because, as their slogan underlines, “Cancer never sleeps.” So even though this year’s “Relay for Life” didn’t raise as much money as in years past, participant and cancer survivor Kyleigh Ossachuk said it’s no matter to be concerned with because every little bit is a big help.

Town council approved a conditional offer to finance the purchase of the local clinic by the not-for-profit Fort Frances Community Clinic Inc. on Monday night, with the bylaw finalizing the agreement to be voted on next month.

District emergency management services will be able to get “real time” weather data in the near future after town council passed a bylaw Monday night to approve an agreement with the Ministry of the Environment to have a reference climate weather station at the Fort Frances Airport.

Despite the recent rain across the district, water conservation still is at the forefront for the Township of Emo. “Definitely, as a nation, as a whole, we’re one of the largest wasters of water probably in the world because we have so much, but you don’t think of it as something you might want to conserve or not waste so much,” Emo Reeve Ed Carlson noted yesterday.

The Atikokan Crisis Centre reported 100 percent occupancy at its emergency shelter for 2006/07—a new record. But Donna Kroocmo, executive director for the ACC, noted the figure does not necessarily mean abuse rates in the district are going up. “We advertised more than we ever had before. And our new billboards went up,” she noted.

Come one, come all—the door to the kitchen is always open. That is, to Tess’s Kitchen, the newest business in town. Tess and Robert Coish opened their shop’s doors last week and ever since the “Open” sign—which hangs in the window—flickered on, they have been flooded with orders.

Ten 4-H members from across the Rainy River District will be heading to New Brunswick next week as part of a Canadian exchange. The youths, ranging in age from 13-17, will leave Sunday (July 1) and spend one week in rural areas near Hampstead. Then their counterparts will visit here at the end of July.

Dave Allison sat down at a table at the Memorial Sports Centre and proceeded to talk about his two passions—coaching hockey and living life.

A loss by each Canadian team in the International Falls Little League last week spelled bad news for the clubs—they’d have to face each other this past Tuesday.

Andrew Easton claimed top honours at the annual Heron Landing Men’s Open last weekend, coming out on top of the field of 31 that had to deal with some close competition—and a bit of windy, wet weather. “I was kind of surprised after day one [Saturday]. With my score being even, I thought there would be some better scores,” Easton said.